Lead Senior Project Manager

About the role

We are seeking a Lead Senior Project Manager to join our dynamic team in San Francisco or Sacramento. This high-impact role involves supervising and directing project teams, enforcing project controls, and ensuring successful project outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and direct assigned project teams across a portfolio of concurrent capital projects spanning acquisition, performance criteria, and design-build phases.
• Enforce consistent project controls across the entire portfolio of projects, including schedule format and update cycle, cost reporting, risk registers, change management, submittal logs, and document control.
• Review and approve deliverables prior to submission to the client; reject and return work that does not meet standard.
• Monitor performance across the project team and escalate any inability to supply later-phase resources.
• Conduct periodic performance evaluation of assigned personnel and recommend replacement where performance is deficient.
• Onboard consultant resources mobilizing in later fiscal years and maintain project continuity and knowledge transfer as resources rotate on and off assignment.
• Provide consolidated portfolio-level reporting to Facilities Services management, and support Facilities Advisory Committee and Department of Finance reporting cycles.
• Support preparation of Capital Outlay Budget Change Proposals, budget packages, and planning studies.
• Mentor and support development of client staff project managers, including any learning or developmental project manager assigned to the portfolio.
• Coordinate with the other Leads to maintain statewide consistency of process and reporting.
• Maintain monthly project budgets for current and forecasted expenditures. Be responsible for monthly billing and projections.
• Lead the development of staff through supervisions, training, coaching, and mentoring.
• Anticipate issues and help team members and partners avoid and recover.
• Develop and oversee RFP’s for consultants and contractors.
• Develop and facilitate owner consultant, Architect, & GC RFPs.
• Observe potential internal/external conflict and implement proactive solutions to mitigate conflict.
• Train junior team members with a focus on building technical skills and competencies.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Experience overseeing multiple project teams (whole program) of various sizes.
• Demonstrated ability to create and maintain positive client relationships.
• Experience developing RFP’s for various scopes & providers.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring and training junior team members.
• Manage and monitor team members' activity in alignment with organizational goals.
• Delegate while providing clear instructions and ongoing feedback.
• Monitor metrics and course correct as necessary while holding self and others accountable.
• Provide feedback to senior leaders and clearly communicate organizational direction to team members.
• Build relationships with key internal resources (peers, direct reports, & senior leaders).
• Create development opportunities and plans for direct reports and teams; provide ongoing feedback.
• Ability to begin to move from project tasks focus to more business mentality.
• Represent company values in a client facing capacity.

Preferred Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, architecture, or a related field required.
• Minimum eighteen (18) years of experience in the construction industry.
• Minimum five (5) years supervising project management staff or multi-firm consultant teams.
• Demonstrated experience directing multiple concurrent capital projects at portfolio level, with aggregate program value of $500 million or greater.
• Demonstrated Design-Build delivery experience as an owner’s representative or lead project manager.
• Large-scale public-sector capital program experience strongly preferred; California state or judicial branch experience a plus.
• Familiarity with public capital budget processes, including capital outlay budget change proposals and Department of Finance review, preferred.

Preferred Certifications

• CCM, PMP, PE, AIA, LEED

Benefits

This full-time role offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k)
• 401(k) Matching
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Short and long-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program